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Dr. James D. Armstrong

Distinguished Teaching Professor of Anthropology

Dr. Armstrong is a Distinquished Teaching Professor of Anthropology. Over the years he has involved a number of students in his research and sponsored student research that has produced papers presented at SUNY Plattsburgh Showcase and the Northeastern Anthropological Association Meetings. Every year he takes interested students to these meetings to expose them to professional anthropology.

Armstrong is an avid, but somewhat decrepit, athlete who keeps busy playing basketball and coaching elementary school level sports in the local community.

Education

Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of California, Riverside

M.A., University of California, Riverside

B.A., Long Beach State University

Teaching Areas

Israeli culture

Sexuality

Methods

Global problems

Research Areas

Extensive fieldwork on identity and social organization in modern-day Israel